On Tuesday morning two underground explosion frightened residents of the Upper East side, Manhattan. The incident occurred at the construction site between Madison and Park Avenue, a few blocks from Central Park.
According to witnesses, at 8:30 there was an unusually loud sound, and from manhole smoke. The explosion was strong enough to the metal plate, lying on the pavement, flew into the air.
#BREAKING: underground explosion rocks construction site at 73/Madison. No one is hurt. @FDNY on scene. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/uBxQ3PNbJO
— Josh Ludwig (@JoshEiniger7) October 31, 2017
When the dust settled, it turned out that a nearby parked SUV was broken glass and the pavement seemed an opening area of about 4 square meters.
source: twitter
At the time of the incident at the construction site and near it was empty, so its effects were limited to a small damage material objects.
The fire Department of new York and the company Con Edison trying to figure out the cause of the explosion — at the moment we only know that to him in the sewer deck was on fire.
